{"id":3603,"date":"2015-08-16T05:46:56","date_gmt":"2015-08-16T12:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autism-tips.com\/?p=3603"},"modified":"2026-02-25T10:43:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T17:43:30","slug":"parents-educators-get-ready-for-a-new-school-year-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/?p=3603","title":{"rendered":"Parents &#038; Educators, Get Ready For A New School Year Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/schoolbus.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A new <a href=\"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/?p=1338\" target=\"_blank\">school<\/a> year is around the corner and about to start! Parents and educators  are you ready? Here are some tips to help you get off on the right foot.<\/p>\n<p>Bear in mind, there are\u00a0<strong>three<\/strong> main\u00a0goals in raising and educating children with autism that we are working on:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Independence<\/li>\n<li>Improve Social Skills<\/li>\n<li>Improve Communication Capabilities<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>To achieve these goals, parents cannot work in isolation, away from  school and community. It is a teamwork, where members empower each  other.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tips<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Parents make sure your child is in the right placement the earliest  possible. Ask for an observation\/visitation to your child&#8217;s new  program\/classroom if you haven&#8217;t already done so.<\/li>\n<li>Co-operate with the school staff to achieve the best outcome. How?<\/li>\n<li>Communicate regularly. However, try to be brief, specific, and open  to listen. Keep a correspondence notebook going back and forth between  school and home to keep updating each other.<\/li>\n<li>Offer as many useful information as you can to the staff, who will  be in direct contact with your child. Share any strategies to help the  staff wisely handle your child&#8217;s behaviors.<\/li>\n<li>Provide any materials or resources that would facilitate the staff&#8217;s job.<\/li>\n<li>Volunteer whenever you can. Even half an hour a week can make a  substantial difference. Your presence in the classroom and on the  playground is highly appreciated from both: your child and the staff.<\/li>\n<li>Autism is a neurological developmental disorder. As I am writing  these words, the cause(s) of autism remain unknown. There is no cure  thus far, however autism became a vital research topic across the world.  Schools cannot cure autism. Nevertheless, educators can help your child  progress and advance every single day. The educators&#8217; mission is very  complex. They are supposed to teach academic subjects while managing the  child&#8217;s behavior in a friendly and safe environment.<\/li>\n<li>Individuals with autism love having a routine and a discipline in  their life. Let&#8217;s take advantage of this huge value. I know that some  people are now wondering: Aren&#8217;t we supposed to train them to break the  routine to render them more flexible? Yes, but this is another battle in  a different context that I&#8217;ll talk about it later. Make sure to have a <a href=\"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/?p=63\" target=\"_blank\">daily schedule<\/a> for the best use of time.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/?p=208\" target=\"_blank\">Consistency<\/a> is the key to success. Avoid confusion by always applying the same rules. Home and school should agree on that.<\/li>\n<li>Children with autism, like all children of the world, grow, develop,  and prosper at their own pace. Be patient and work on the child&#8217;s  strengths, not her weaknesses.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Relevant posts:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/?p=73\" target=\"_blank\">How to make a schedule<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/?p=276\" target=\"_blank\">The visual timer<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/?p=3590\" target=\"_blank\">Get Ready For A New School Year Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Have a prosperous and successful school year 2015-2016!<\/p>\n<p>nadia shanab<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new school year is around the corner and about to start! Parents and educators are you ready? Here are some tips to help you get off on the right foot. Bear in mind, there are\u00a0three main\u00a0goals in raising and educating children with autism that we are working on: Independence Improve Social Skills Improve Communication &#8230; <a title=\"Parents &#038; Educators, Get Ready For A New School Year Now\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/?p=3603\" aria-label=\"Read more about Parents &#038; Educators, Get Ready For A New School Year Now\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3062,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6,5,4],"tags":[23,381,10,20,111,30,77,50,14,383,33,43,13,26,31,382,9,24],"class_list":["post-3603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-autism","category-general-advice","category-parenting","category-tips","tag-aspergers-syndrome","tag-autism","tag-communication","tag-discipline","tag-early-intervention","tag-flexibility","tag-health","tag-independence","tag-organization","tag-parenting","tag-placement","tag-rewards","tag-schedule","tag-senses","tag-social-interaction","tag-tips","tag-visual-aids","tag-visual-timer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3603"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3603\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3940,"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3603\/revisions\/3940"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}